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The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning January 20, 2020
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to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning January 20, 2020
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Complete the form for a make-up!
Please leave a donation to assist our club do Rotary's good works!
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Greeter this week
David Werrett
January - Vocational Service Month
Inspirational moment
David Werrett
January - Vocational Service Month
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Canadiana
Fun facts about Alberta
Fun facts about Alberta
Alberta, the
westernmost of Canada's three Prairie provinces, shares many physical features
with its neighbours to the east, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
The Rocky
Mountains form the southern portion of Alberta's western boundary
with British Columbia.
Alberta was named
after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria.
The province is home to the country’s largest deposits of oil and natural gas.
Alberta is
one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in
western Canada. It
is bordered by the provinces of British Columbia to the
west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the
north, and the US state of Montana to the south.
As of April 2019,
the population of Alberta was estimated to be about 4
million people. It is the 4th most populous province in Canada.
Alberta is
the 6th largest province in Canada in terms of total
area with 661,848 square kilometers (255,541 square miles).
Edmonton is the
capital and second-largest city of Alberta. The city is a cultural,
governmental and educational centre. It hosts a year-round slate of festivals,
reflected in the nickname “Canada’s Festival City.”
Alberta is a
fertile slice of land, one dominated by the Rocky Mountains and
the Great Plains of North America. The southern portion of its
surface consists chiefly of plains that are almost entirely treeless.
As the slopes of
the Rocky Mountains to the west are reached, more trees are found until in the
foothills of the mountains, bodies of forest timber occur. Trees also become
more numerous in the northern part of the province.
Countless
snow-capped mountains form the Canadian Rockies, with many reaching to
3,350 meters (11,000 feet), or more. Mount Columbia, the highest point
in Alberta, stands at 3,747 meters (12,294 feet) above sea
level.
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Comments from our guests and members
Members and guests attending our weekly meetings are very important to us. Based on your comments we are able to produce many more educational, inspiring and entertaining weekly meetings.
Following are some of the comments we have received. Would you please send us your comments?
FellowSIP Coffee
chat. It was great meeting other
Rotarians. I learned that an e-meeting might be the right choice for me.
I plan on attending more meetings to see if this club is the right fit.
-- Marc Durocher,
Rotary Club of Matheson, District 7010
Beginning Life
with Parkinson’s at the age of 46. Tim Hague who was diagnosed with Parkinsons
at the age of 46 has chosen to persevere instead of sit back and let Parkinsons
keep him from living a normal life.
He and his son
were chosen to take part in the first ever Amazing Race Canada and one. He
knows they were selected due to his Parkinson’s and made the best of the
opportunity to win $500,000 worth of cash and prizes. They won because he chose
to persevere. This has then led to other opportunities. Through all this,
he has learnt to not let the disease get in his way and live life to the
fullest.
-- Michael Thomas,
Rotary Club of Stony Plain, District 5370
The story of Tim
and Tim and the battle against Parkinson was a moving and hope-filled story,
but I really enjoyed the music of the Rotary District 1220 "The difference
is you. "A catchy tune with a strong message.
-- Jean Michel
Crepin, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
Dream Team
India. The fact that even after polio
has been obliterated in India, there is still a need to continue the work.
-- David Proctor,
Rotary Club of Campbell River, District 5020
Why I study the
most dangerous animal on earth. Having had Dengue and hoping not to get it a
second time, which can be far more dangerous, I really appreciate this
man’s research as well as his optimism that disease-carrying mosquitoes
can be eliminated!
-- Vicki Horsfield,
E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
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Announcements
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION 2020
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DISTRICT 5370 CONFERENCE 2020
The Next District Conference is hosted by OUR E-Club of Canada One!
Support our District Governor-Elect, Jim, and his Team
Register now!
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FROM OUR PROJECT AMIGO STUDENT, LAURA
Dear Padrinos of
the Rotary E-Club of Canada One
First to greet
you and hope that you are the best. Also thank you for supporting me for
another year. It gives me great joy to count on unconditional support each
year. Thanks for taking some time to write, so for all those signs of
affection, thanks for making me part of your family. I do not have enough words
to describe what people are huge and heart so bright that they indeed from my
deep heart say millions of thank you for everything.
Thank God my
family and I are very good, only had two heavy weeks since one of my aunts got
very ill and was admitted to the hospital, was provided with full support, and thank God, is better.
On the other hand
say that I'm on vacation, I think this year was the most difficult for me because my grades in some subjects were not very high. Although it did make me
very angry at myself for not being able to do better, I now see it as an
experience of life, but this year is over and the semester as well. Hopefully, next year that is coming, and which also is my last semester of high school, I
do my best for this to be successful.
I hope you have
had a very nice Merry Christmas, I wish you a new happy prosperous year, enjoy
to the maximum these special days with all your family and friends, and I also
wish that in this new year that is coming brings with it many blessings, peace,
love, joy, happiness, and that all your goals and objectives are met.
Well, my family
and I send warm greetings and thank you again for all the support you have
given us.
Sincerely,
Your goddaughter
Laura Fabiola Carrillo Rincón
FROM JEAN-MICHEL
Friday, January 10 in Guatemala, we
attended the local eclub meeting which was by Zoom and in person. Both Vicki and I attended.
We had an
excellent presentation by a former Israël secret service officer who is working
at improving reading capabilities of blind people. A small camera attached to
reading glasses focused on a book, reads the text loud and clear.
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| Vicki third from right |
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Please feel free to forward an approx. 150 - 200 word message or any material suggestions in an e-mail, or in a Word document, along with a JPeg picture or two, to E-Club Administration Chair, Kitty Bucsko.
We'd love to hear from you!
The Rotary E-club of Canada One is excited to announce that all of our attending guests who make a donation to our club in lieu of a meal, fines or happy bucks, will have the opportunity to have their name entered in a quarterly draw in support of the Rotary Foundation.
For more information, please click on the READ MORE link at the top of the weekly meeting.
Real-time meetings
Each 3rd Tuesday of the month from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm (MDT) is our Fellowship Assembly, and we often invite interesting speakers or Rotary Leaders for this entertaining, educational fun event.
Each Thursday Morning from 8:00 am to 8:30 am (MDT) we host a casual FellowSIP Coffee Chat.
Everyone is welcome to attend and we encourage your participation.
Please click our Event Calendar for details and access Link.
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In order for our club to continue its much-needed projects helping others, your contributions are critical. You may use either:
- The Paypal button on our ClubRunner Home Page
- The donation button on the attendance form, or
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The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
Apt. 1708
1108 6th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB
Canada T2P 5K1
Humour
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New members' corner
By Gordon Matthews, past governor of District 6920 (Georgia, USA), Rotary Club of Savannah East
A panel of three young members spelled out for us the issues that block young people from joining Rotary during our spring assembly a few years ago — scheduling, cost of dues, and rules.
I’ve been active in developing leaders in our community and have worked with our Group Study Exchange teams in the past, so I know the energy and potential in this “under 40” generation that we need to tap for Rotary. But I’ve also seen several Rotary clubs try to do this with limited results because they stayed too close to the traditional model and dues structure.
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Rotary minute
Rotary Minute: How can Rotary stay relevant to its younger members? from Rotary International on Vimeo.
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Rotary Jukebox
For a small donation, your favorite musician will be featured on one of our next e-meetings for everyone to enjoy.
Every week we'll have a draw and the lucky person will see their song featured!
An Irish teenager just won $50,000 for his project focusing on extracting micros-plastics from water.
Google launched the Google Science Fair in 2011 where students ages 13 through 18 can submit experiments and their results in front of a panel of judges. The winner receives $50,000. The competition is also sponsored by Lego, Virgin Galactic, National Geographic and Scientific American.
Fionn Ferreira, an 18-year-old from West Cork, Ireland won the competition for his methodology to remove microplastics from water.
An accompanying video:
Four-way Test
To close the meeting, Rotarian Jeff MacFarlane recites the Rotary Four-Way Test.
To close the meeting, Rotarian Jeff MacFarlane recites the Rotary Four-Way Test.
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